Gunfoundry
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Gunfoundry also known as Top ka Sancha (1786 AD) use to be a cannon-ball factory set up by the second Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan
at Fateh Maidan in Hyderabad, India
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General
, Michel Joachim Marie Raymond
who was in the service of Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan
, the second Nizam
of Hyderabad. This is the only surviving structure of gunfoundry established in the 18th century, in the Nizams, Hyderabad State
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a renowned historian, in his well-known book History of India, referred to these foundry in 1798 as places in which they cast excellent cannon and made serviceable muskets.
The Hindu
Tuesday, May 13, 2003 : The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Hyderabad Chapter, has appealed to the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, to ask the local authorities to remove unauthorised buildings from the vicinity of all protected monuments and notified heritage buildings/precincts.
Ali Khan Asaf Jah II
Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur Asaf Jah II was the Nizam of Hyderabad State in South India between 1762 and 1803.-Official name:...
at Fateh Maidan in Hyderabad, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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History
Gunfoundry was one of the several cannon and cannon-ball factory set up in 1786 AD by the FrenchFrench people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
, Michel Joachim Marie Raymond
Michel Joachim Marie Raymond
General Michel Joachim Marie Raymond , popularly known as Monsieur Raymond, was a French General in Nizam's military and the founder of Gunfoundry Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He was born in Sérignac, Gascony, France, the son of a merchant.-Early life:In 1775, aged 20, he and his younger brother, William...
who was in the service of Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan
Ali Khan Asaf Jah II
Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur Asaf Jah II was the Nizam of Hyderabad State in South India between 1762 and 1803.-Official name:...
, the second Nizam
Nizam
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...
of Hyderabad. This is the only surviving structure of gunfoundry established in the 18th century, in the Nizams, Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State
-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
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Building Structure
The height of the brick walls of Gunfoundry is approximately 50 feet with a tapered portion commencing above 25 feet height. Due to negligence and poor maintenance, the original height of the tapered walls have come down to 25 to 30 feet. The lower portion was plastered with lime. The shape of the bricks used in the construction of Gunfoundry is square with less thickness. The binding material used is lime mortar. The wall surfaces have been pointed with lime mortar on the exterior and interior sides of the foundry. The walls have been given joints of square iron rods. In the lower portions, brick arches are made in semi circular shape, where the furnaces, melting of iron casting of cannons, muskets etc. were carried out in most scientific manner under the supervision of Michel Joachim Marie RaymondMichel Joachim Marie Raymond
General Michel Joachim Marie Raymond , popularly known as Monsieur Raymond, was a French General in Nizam's military and the founder of Gunfoundry Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He was born in Sérignac, Gascony, France, the son of a merchant.-Early life:In 1775, aged 20, he and his younger brother, William...
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Authors words
MalcolmMalcolm
Malcolm, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to:-Nobility:* Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, Mormaer of Atholl between 1153/9 and the 1190s* Máel Coluim I of Strathclyde, ruler of the Kingdom of Strathclyde...
a renowned historian, in his well-known book History of India, referred to these foundry in 1798 as places in which they cast excellent cannon and made serviceable muskets.
The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
Tuesday, May 13, 2003 : The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Hyderabad Chapter, has appealed to the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, to ask the local authorities to remove unauthorised buildings from the vicinity of all protected monuments and notified heritage buildings/precincts.